Exposure to ambient particulate matter and cigarette smoke linked with increased mortality risk
Low levels of fine particulate matter from either cigarette smoke or other air pollution may be associated with an increased risk for mortality from CVD. The researchers examined an analytic cohort of approximately 1 million participants from the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II (217,000 were current smokers at the time of enrollment). Using a Cox proportional hazard regressions model, they adjusted for education, body mass, in ... Jump to full article >>





